Radioactive decay has several uses including producing energy in nuclear reactors through fission, sterilizing medical equipment and food, and performing non-destructive testing to detect faults inside materials. The half-life is the time it takes for the number of radioactive parent nuclei to decay to half its initial value, and isotopes are variants of elements with different numbers of neutrons. Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation have varying penetration powers.
Radioactive decay has several uses including producing energy in nuclear reactors through fission, sterilizing medical equipment and food, and performing non-destructive testing to detect faults inside materials. The half-life is the time it takes for the number of radioactive parent nuclei to decay to half its initial value, and isotopes are variants of elements with different numbers of neutrons. Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation have varying penetration powers.
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Radioactive decay has several uses including producing energy in nuclear reactors through fission, sterilizing medical equipment and food, and performing non-destructive testing to detect faults inside materials. The half-life is the time it takes for the number of radioactive parent nuclei to decay to half its initial value, and isotopes are variants of elements with different numbers of neutrons. Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation have varying penetration powers.
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